By Rick Wolcott* For centuries, Christians around the world have observed the season of Lent through a devotional practice called "The Stations of the Cross." It began as an alternative for believers who could not make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem to walk the Via Dolorosa, which is Latin for “path of sorrows.” The Via Dolorosa [...]
The youth group from North Lima Calvary United Methodist Church (Mahoning Valley District) recently led the vespers/worship service at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community. “The worship service was a positive interconnectional and intergenerational opportunity for all involved,” said Jeff Pellin, youth coordinator for the district and a member of Calvary UMC. “The youth, along with those [...]
By Rick Wolcott* An estimated 80,000 people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 8 in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Last year’s motion picture Selma was based on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches that led to the creation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In [...]
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